full points and i would print certain discipline the photo in touch with her tell me touch your room the picture the guru how an international house flood to change every green. further developments in libya this morning coalition warplanes will resume patrolling the no fly zone as heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli despite his regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit you can cry about they say they signed up for a no fly zone and that's protect civilians and doesn't kill them to join me point to see if i'm to be completely. mosco calls for an end to what it is an indiscriminate use of force by foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s.

iraq obama still insists there's only a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping song from drawing parallels with two thousand and three invasion of iraq. polls show the majority of americans oppose the us from the intervention for more on joining me. in just a few minutes. guessing live from our studios in central moscow this is our jeanne where it is just after seven o'clock in the morning just after six o'clock in the morning in tripoli where in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate cease fire in their fight against rebels but heavy anti-aircraft gunfire has been heard over the capital tripoli tonight an international aerial campaign to enforce a no fly zone is still in effect to protect civilians from colonel gadhafi forces

are reports from the libyan capital at the very heart of the conflict. there is and he ate hard gunfire happening just a short distance behind me this is the second time in as many hours that we're witnessing this over the capital city of tripoli it's not quite clear why the government is firing we have seen remote incoming fire so the understanding here is that it's might be a show of strength a sign of support for gadhafi duffy army spokesperson has announced an immediate cease fire but there has been no b. action from the international community and no reaction from we will forces we don't expect that their reaction will come because the last time they did at around six times it turns out. to thinking that this time around it really perhaps is just a delaying tactic all that's nothing more than just an outright lie now the arab league has been holding an emergency summit in cairo the secrecy general i'm also says he's been misquoted he was quoted as saying that the arab league signed up for

the no fly zone to protect civilians and not actually to kill them now whether or not there's been a misunderstanding because the latest word we have coming from this meeting is that the arab league is still in boston this no fly zone but it certainly is raising concerns about what is happening behind the scenes is there confusion or is there dissent within the ranks when you gauge the mood here on the ground what people very much are saying is that increasingly it looks likely that it's going to be of united arab emirates qatar and possibly jordan that will be coming forward but mostly in the in the sense that they'll be footing the bill rather than participating in military strikes and this raises very real questions why are they doing this is it a genuine concern for the libyan people is it was some kind of vendetta against gadhafi or is it rather a way to try and further entrenched the united states in this part of the region most people here who support and no fly zone would rather have seen countries like china zero and egypt neighboring countries come to the fore to help with those arab democratic revolution it's not particularly welcomed in some circles if you have

the united states in. steer hitting the smooth barricade be happy and see a hot fire as i say it's been kept out that night we soon hear exactly why the government is doing that because it's no incoming fire it's a distance from me and i continue that it's a bit frightening when you hear it they will no doubt because few two on the streets behind me there were hooting only a very much a show of support they could ask the regime i do want to add though that state television throughout the day has been showing pictures of victims of these airstrikes they came with more than sixty people have been killed in seeing those pictures stop effect as the foreign media we were invited to go to the funerals it's not clear though whether the funerals have been staged it is some suspicion that some of the pictures and that some of the people being buried are not directly related to the strikes that we've witnessed a last minute chance you can hear there's an anti aircraft fire is happening behind me and people in front of me all starting to run for most of the focus of the

fighting today was in the city of misrata which is the third largest city here now behind me i can hear people screaming in the street and we were hearing the same kind of sounds coming out of the city of misrata today difficult passes journalist to go they would be prevented from reaching misrata for three weeks now what i witnessed was they saying that the tens of rolled into the town center they were saying that the gadhafi forces were going from house to house they could expand things they said it was the same as intention to complete the whitehall town of misrata that they've heard to the international forces is that british time or nato planes have been staged cheap and can basically to be that means that they're only thirty minutes away from his or they will be able to come here in need of heat if needed to we are also hearing though that despite the international community's announcement that it has managed to peter most of the japanese surface again to face missile systems he still has some remote ones and so the international

community cannot waste on the souls you see. that is he passed over in his case is a freak and it is completely safe nobody really wants to see foreign soldiers on the soil here and although the mission at the moment is limited in terms of what we hear into no fly zone they will be no support if it's extended into flights to see those who are feeding that concern will turn their support back to gadhafi but i think people here are frightened because signs like this we are understanding at this stage because we see no incoming fire being to show support for gadhafi he says he is making sure that his men and his supporters understand who is in control in this country and certainly who is in control here in the capital city of tripoli now behind me i do hear people shouting i do hear cars hooting is always a sense of confusion when this kind of gunfire erupts in the skies so the situation here in tripoli incredibly tense people are incredibly nervous and i suspect that in the coming hours we'll continue to hear these kind of sounds erupting from the

skies artie's polish we are reporting from tripoli now moscow has called on coalition forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force in libya or to use it all over has the details the latest statement that's being released by the russian foreign ministry the ministry says that it's well acceptable for military force to be used for anything other than the protection of civilians in libya they also called them and what they see is the indiscriminate use of force by coalition they're really now here part of that foreign ministry statement. we strongly call people in the relevant states to stop the indiscriminate use of force we believe it is unacceptable to use the layout in resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty three by the security council the passing of which was rather ambiguous for purposes which are obviously beyond its provisions which were to protect the peaceful population the same income to need to say that the foreign ministry here in moscow has received reports that dozens of civilians were killed in schools

wounded in those attacks from the air and from boats from ships stationed in the mediterranean they also said that they've received information that no military targets have been hit in these attacks on saturday night these include a medical facility as well as roads and bridges now russia has been against the use of force by foreign powers in in the libya situation is repeatedly called for dialogue and not military intervention circular for all of the russian foreign minister is in the region at the moment this is part of a double headed visits to see two of libya's very close neighbors to egypt and then to algeria well of course the it's inevitable that the situation in libya will play a part in not miss the love of all was initially in those two countries to discuss bilateral trade and other talks between russia and egypt and algeria of course the

with them bordering libya the situation in that country will be watched very very closely and inevitably as i say play a part in mr lavrov visit to those two countries that he's reporting for us there u.s. cruise missiles have been at the leading edge of coalition operations in libya despite president obama promising america's role would be limited at the pentagon a military spokesman called saturday strikes very effective our correspondent in washington going to jam has more commentary. the pentagon says they do not rule out more strikes called if and when the need arises the u.s. has launched missiles from its war ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting the air defense systems and clearing the sky to make sure it could be is not able to shoot down any planes or the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french warplanes had carried out strikes on could outpace ground forces as well there have been reports of civilian casualties caused

by the attacks there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also as to the limits of the intervention will it be enough for the coalition forces to just bizarre mko darkie or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome will it be regime change or what those are the questions everybody is asking and many of those questions remain unanswered although the pentagon says they are not going after gadhafi but the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive short of occupation of course they officially purpose of the intervention is protecting civilians from could gap is a tax but what everybody is talking about is the means putting down could doubtless fighter bombers and attacking these other military assets is one thing it was authorized by the resolution but arming the rebels for example is something very different egypt's military shipping arms over the border to alleviate rebels and egyptian military as we know is very much influenced by washington so it's not just the gadhafi army versus coalition forces but the fear is this could turn into

a full fledged civil war and that these arms supplies could even further inflame the situation history shows that are being the other side of a conflict usually results in more deaths and destruction if you want american television you get the impression that america's involvement is a really good thing and that there was no other option but intervention but if you look at the polls the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention fox news gives sixty five percent they're already unhappy that their government is spending tax dollars on inconclusive wars. in iraq and afghanistan and adding one more hot spot is the last thing they want people are asking are already asking questions about the cost of the involvement just this saturday the u.s. shot seventy five million dollars worth of missiles on preval vizier defenses officials have promised that it's going to be a fast war obama said that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground could have his military indeed is no match for the

capabilities of the coalition forces it took just hours to cripple his air defenses the u.s. is very careful not to appear as the driving force behind the military actions but as of now we know that the u.s. contribution in the strikes substantially outweighs that of the coalition for that and that of the all all of the coalition forces combined so it's really a hard task to create the appearance of not being the leading force also the fact that president obama did not interrupt his trip to latin america is also kind of an indication that he doesn't want to be seen as the man in chief of this thing and so it was a very calculated decision you could say what they continue to stress is that it's not just the western powers going to war in libya but that they have to support the arab league as well and now it looks like the support is the minute they had of the arab league has already criticized the international sprites for killing innocent people they say the military operation has gone beyond what the arab league backed

and also they're saying what happened differs from the no fly zone objectives and also they're saying what we wanted was civilians protection and not more more civilian deaths we know that it was really cool for western powers to half of arab countries assistance so that it doesn't appear as if it's just the west cracking down on yet another arab nation but with this criticism coming from the arab league it will be very difficult to count on further on their support commentary from martin is there any chance you can in washington d.c. . now violence against protesters continues in other arab countries like bahrain and yemen while the coalition forces are only focusing on libya stephen leatherman a chicago based radio host of a political talk show says it's because the u.s. is only interested in its own political interests. it was very attention because in america supports the moral. support circus and star nearly

a year ago now to start a war because there are it is very ironic because around two thousand and three. be established for approaching what washington relations with bahrain he had meetings with u.s. officials including secretary of state clinton who expressed very warm regards for . basically perceiving it because what's going on now was planned many months in advance and military like america undertakes it is not just out there it isn't in the we are two weeks in advance this is playing months in advance of the spirit to pick out the root troop deployments and there's the massaging of public opinion in america appearing in the us public for a mirror. so the two to go it war illegally this is neat

a gracious against another country but even american people going to be can this humanitarian intervention. from the european strategic intelligence and security center says it's of paramount importance of arab countries to take part in resolving the conflict we have to focus on the one thing the operation. didn't posting misaka defeat the question of what will happen in libya after all this is clearly the problem of the league and it's a problem of nation and i consider this a problem of the leadership the leadership of the bin gives you can see it actually we don't know what is deluded political leader of the bin gives you concede it's extremely possible a ski gates a treadle control yes or no it is twenty plus he will protect the coworker and the leader of the ship in the influence of the benghazi consider just a. the eastern part of libya and not on syria tripoli or the list some but so clearly disputed off will be complicated but for the moment to point to to fix

he's posting the stock at every after the conflict when the when the first who settled on probably everything will depend of the support of the arab countries if at the end of the day we are iran. we are on the western block the so-called western block we need we thought any arab support it would be very difficult to explain the situation but if. we can think we will be we have to we still aiding the support of countries in opinion on too many casualties i think the film could be good if forces joined to the action in libya from the very beginning it's submarines and fighter jets carried out multiple strikes against gadhafi forces our correspondent there and reports on what the u.k. public think about being involved in another conflict. what we heard before this started and what has actually happened now there's quite

a big difference both in what actually happened down in in the perception of that a no fly zone sounds to your mind on the street like a relative you know you key thing it just sounds like people won't be allowed to take take off planes but of course i think what people didn't fully understand was that in order to stop it after planes taking off one would actually have to shoot them down and certainly what we've seen so far in this military intervention and we should remember this is only just the beginning is one hundred cruise missiles from the u.s. it dropped forty conventional bombs on libya the u.k. alone they have fired missiles launched from submarines which are currently stationed off the coast of libya and we've also seen bombing from the sky from tornado jets which was flown all the way from the u.k. people are staying on the street why are we going to libya when we're not going to other places that is seeing large scale civilian casualties caused by governments and civil war we're seeing a lot of casualties thousands of casualties in the ivory coast where of course the main export is not for oil but in fact. and there are there's also been an

extremely serious situation going on in some areas in somalia and the situation continues that very volatile again no intervention from from the u.k. or from the u.s. and of course given the general economic backdrop that we see here people are talking a lot about the cost of war they have heard their government saying repeatedly over a series of months we have got no money we've got no money for pensions we've got no money for public sector wages for higher education the cost of which is going up by by three folds and yet the government has seemed to be willing to get involved in yet another war seemingly at the drop of a hot even after defense cuts being made in the u.k. william hague the foreign minister has come out and said that there will still be a will still have the full theologists military capability in the world the british people are also worried about what's become known as mission creep it happen. and in iraq it happens in afghanistan two wars in which british troops were involved over a long period of time and again it was agreed that what would happen was that troops

which go in to establish stability and to ensure the equal distribution of power and arguably that hasn't happened yet in either of those countries so there is definitely a worry that we will go to libya and start military intervention i'm just not be able to leave for a period of years there is certainly a fair here in the u.k. that this is just the beginning of this intervention. or his lawyer and reporting now perhaps the closest historical comparison to what's happening in libya is the nato air campaign over yugoslavia twelve years ago the bombing also launched with the aim of protecting civilians in this case the kosovar minority resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths though it did manage to force the withdrawal of yugoslavia forces from kosovo nevertheless balkans expert marco says humanitarian missions are really justified. they only justify themselves in terms of their ability to achieve the aims of the intervenors which are always to teach it designs

or position themselves into occupation positions in strategically vital areas of the world so in terms of how they benefit the local population the answer is not at all in fact they're always very negative afghanistan in one thousand seven hundred ninety intervention then led to the thirty years and still ongoing instability in one nine hundred ninety nine is still a fake state of desperate poverty and desperate crime in all that entire area iraq we know another nightmare we should remember that the resolution calls for dialogue i it requires two sides both to be around in order to engage in that dialogue so it shouldn't be about getting rid of colonel gadhafi we needed dialogue we need a ceasefire we've got bombs instead the bombs are not necessary for the peace what we need is a cease fire for the peace and that really should be able the mission to the extent that it is not able to mission the mission has now become compromised and should be

stopped as soon as possible but of information to digest and so here are the latest developments in libya in the last few hours the head of the country's armed forces says he's ordered all units to observe in immediate cease fire but there is heavy anti-aircraft fire over the capital tripoli also witnesses report now explosions near colonel gadhafi compound but the pentagon claims the libyan leader's residence is not being targeted all of this comes on day two of an international campaign to enforce a no fly zone to protect civilians from gadhafi forces the multinational coalition says it is following the u.n. resolution by carrying out military strikes in libya but earlier the arab league criticized the attacks by the u.s. u.k. and france because they have caused civilian deaths russia has also called on international troops to end what it has described as indiscriminate use of force the allies say there is now effectively a no fly. zone over libya he has vowed a long war against the international coalition libyan officials say sixty four

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a power supposed car as they really need those arms to work and that's the only realistic way they're going to get this situation under control and the temperatures inside the reactors down what they're doing in the meantime they still spraying water into the reactors so again our department and thirteen hours straight two thousand tons of water interaction number three there's only so. much that can do because already this evening we've heard that the pressure inside the reactor number three is increasing again so they're going to have to vent it which means a controlled release of steam but with that release and steam is the escape or radiate radioactive substances as well now as for the radiation in the regions around you now know that there have been traces the radioactive substances radioactive iodine in fact found in the water systems in a five neighboring prefectures including in toto even says traces of radioactive ivy is not considered harmful if ingested just yet but will wiring is that it's there it wasn't never thought this disaster happened in fukushima the radiation

levels inside the water are considered to be harmful what's more it's also spread to food products from the region and to taiwan has just reported that it's an important part of the beans from japan do contain trace the radiation as well so it's a bit of a wind development there and the anxiety now is regarding this radiation is now spreading to anger on the streets that is today five hundred anti nuclear protesters joined a demonstration and your antiwar demonstrations in tokyo demonstrating against nuclear power they're holding placards calling for the end of nuclear power in japan they're unlikely to have that demand met at the fukushima plant once the situation is under control certainly because because it's being rendered useless now following the news that the spring of warsi inside the reactor it's a rescue operation is still ongoing but it's more of a salvage operation as search operation now because they they know obviously the chances of finding reliable are pretty slim at the nine days since the earthquake

and tsunami struck having said that though they've had what's being dubbed a miracle an eight year old woman and a sixteen year old boy were found alive in months the rubble in a town in a reality prefecture called ishinomaki which was one of the worst hit areas at least two people have been found alive that engulfed the miracle because not only with the. sort of things the search and rescue operations following natural disasters like this incident after seventy two hours pretty unlikely to find the line five percent survival rate up to ninety six hours these people survived for more than double that amount and that was even in unseasonably wintry conditions. and i was archie's ira going to reporting from japan and now i will be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few moments right after that cos talks peter lavelle and his guests are discussing the role of religion during the uprisings in the arab world.

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